Indian astronomers have uncovered a cosmic surprise: a mature spiral galaxy, shaped like our own Milky Way, from an epoch when such orderly structures were thought impossible.
The galaxy, named Alaknanda, was discovered by Indian researchers Rashi Jain and Yogesh Wadadekar using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), and its existence just 1.5 billion years after the Big Bang is now reshaping theories about galaxy formation and cosmic evolution.
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Alaknanda: Early Milky Way Twin
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